1 “ Make the altar of acacia wood. It will be as long and as wide as three steps, and as tall as a man’s chest.

“You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits.

2 M ake horns for it on its four corners. They will be of one piece and covered with brass.

You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.

3 M ake its pails for taking away its ashes, its tools for picking up the ashes, its pots, meat-hooks and fire-holders. Make all of these out of brass.

Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.

4 M ake a net for it out of brass, with four rings of brass at its four corners.

You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

5 P ut it under the altar so that the net comes up to the center of the altar.

You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up the altar.

6 M ake long, straight pieces of acacia wood for the altar. And cover them with brass.

And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

7 P ut the long pieces of wood through the rings on each side of the altar when it is carried.

The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it.

8 M ake the altar with pieces of wood so it is empty inside. Make it as it was shown to you on the mountain. The Open Spaces

You shall make it hollow with boards; as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it. The Court of the Tabernacle

9 “ Make the open space of the meeting tent. On the south side there will be curtains for the open space. Make them of fine linen, as long as fifty long steps.

“You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side.

10 T hey will hang from twenty pillars which are put on twenty bases of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their rings will be made of silver.

And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver.

11 D o the same for the north side. There will be curtains as long as fifty long steps, and twenty pillars with twenty bases of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their rings will be made of silver.

Likewise along the length of the north side there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, with its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.

12 O n the west side of the open space there will be curtains as long as twenty-five long steps. They will have ten pillars with ten bases.

“And along the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.

13 A nd the east side of the open space will be as wide as twenty-five long steps.

The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits.

14 “ The curtains for one side of the gate will be as long as seven steps. They will have three pillars with three bases.

The hangings on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.

15 O n the other side there will be curtains as long as seven steps, with three pillars and three bases.

And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.

16 H ave an able workman make a curtain out of fine linen for the gate of the open space. It will be blue, purple and red, and as long as ten long steps. It will have four pillars with four bases.

“For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It shall have four pillars and four sockets.

17 A ll the pillars around the open space will have silver hooks, silver rings, and their bases of brass.

All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze.

18 T he open space will be as long as fifty long steps, as wide as twenty-five long steps, and as high as a man raises his hand. It will have curtains of fine linen and the bases will be brass.

The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze.

19 A ll the tools used in the meeting tent, all its nails, and all the nails for the open space will be made of brass. Care of the Lamp-Stand

All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. The Care of the Lampstand

20 “ Tell the people of Israel to bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, so a lamp may burn all the time.

“And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.

21 I n the meeting tent, outside the curtain which is in front of the Law, Aaron and his sons will take care of it from evening until morning before the Lord. It will be a law forever for the people of Israel.

In the tabernacle of meeting, outside the veil which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.